Here’s a story I just read and wanted to share…would be just my luck!
The story goes that while Robert Smith was taking his afternoon walk as part of his therapy in recovering from a massive heart attack, the phone rang and his wife Delores answered. The call was from the Reader’s Digest Sweepstakes in New York. There were calling to inform the Smith family that Robert had just won $1,500,000 and that in a few days the certified check would be arriving. Well, as you can imagine, Delores was absolutely ecstatic. Now all those dreams could come true! But then she remembered her husband was just getting over his massive heart attack and the doctor had said no excitement over anything. Delores was afraid that if she told him he had won such a large sum, he would have another heart attack and die. What should she do? After some thought she decided to call their pastor and ask his advice because he had experience in breaking difficult news to families. Delores called the pastor and explained the dilemma and he agreed to help. In about an hour as Bob returned from his walk he was greeted by Delores and Pastor Baldwin in the den and had a nice chat. The pastor leans toward Bob and says, “Bob, I’ve got a problem and I need your advice.” “Sure pastor, if I can help, I’d be glad to,” said Bob. The pastor takes a deep breath and goes on, “It’s a theoretical situation regarding Christian stewardship. What would a person—take you for instance—do if all of a sudden you found out you had won $1,500,00? What would you do with the money? “That’s easy,” Bob replied, “I’d start by giving $750,000 to the church.” Whereupon, Pastor Baldwin had a heart attack and dropped dead!
The story goes that while Robert Smith was taking his afternoon walk as part of his therapy in recovering from a massive heart attack, the phone rang and his wife Delores answered. The call was from the Reader’s Digest Sweepstakes in New York. There were calling to inform the Smith family that Robert had just won $1,500,000 and that in a few days the certified check would be arriving. Well, as you can imagine, Delores was absolutely ecstatic. Now all those dreams could come true! But then she remembered her husband was just getting over his massive heart attack and the doctor had said no excitement over anything. Delores was afraid that if she told him he had won such a large sum, he would have another heart attack and die. What should she do? After some thought she decided to call their pastor and ask his advice because he had experience in breaking difficult news to families. Delores called the pastor and explained the dilemma and he agreed to help. In about an hour as Bob returned from his walk he was greeted by Delores and Pastor Baldwin in the den and had a nice chat. The pastor leans toward Bob and says, “Bob, I’ve got a problem and I need your advice.” “Sure pastor, if I can help, I’d be glad to,” said Bob. The pastor takes a deep breath and goes on, “It’s a theoretical situation regarding Christian stewardship. What would a person—take you for instance—do if all of a sudden you found out you had won $1,500,00? What would you do with the money? “That’s easy,” Bob replied, “I’d start by giving $750,000 to the church.” Whereupon, Pastor Baldwin had a heart attack and dropped dead!
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